Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-03-16

' caps" When you stand chin deep in annoy.
/ ances is the time for GU TO swim out towaro
| the great headlands of Christian atlai nment,
| ana wnen our Iifeis loaded to the muzZie with
| re pulsive annoyanceS-thatt is the tune TO draw
| the trigger. Notni z but The furnace will evel
| burn Out of u the cliuker and the Stag.
| have formed this theory in regard to small an
| noyances and veXaIiOns: II tak e, just so IN UGH
| trouble to fit Us for usefulness anu for be iven
| Tne only question liz, whether we snail lake 4
IA the bulk, or puiverlsed and graduated.
| HIRE is one man " no TAX es it in the bulk. His
bacs Is broken or his ey esig mt put out. or some
| other awful calamity Details him; while the
| vast msjurity of people lake the Thing piece.
meal. " hich way would You rather have IL?
Ofcourse Ia pieceineal Batter have five ach-
| Ing teeth than one b ok en- jaw. Better ten fl
| oisters than an amputat.on. Better twenty
| squalls than one cy clone. There may be n dif
terence OF opinion as 10 ailopathy aud homer
paLhy; but ihIs matter of trouble Ike
| homeopathic buses small pellets o annoy
ance Rather tnau sumo knock down dose of Ca
| iamity. Instead of The thundeIb tit give us
| the hornet II you havr bank you wO I'D u
great deal roth that 6f.y uel should come
/ IN with checKs less than hundred dollars
| Than to have two depusItors come In the same
| day each wanting his ien Thousand do lars.
/ In this latter case, you cough aud look down
| at tue floor and up at the ceiling b-fore YOU
| look into the sale Now, my friends would
you not rather have these small drafts of
| uoyauce on yonr back OF iaItn Than some all
staggering demand upon your endurance?
want to make you So strong that you viii not
| surIende. Losmalt annoy auces. In tue village
| of Hameiip, Tradition sa,s, There was au iu-
most devour. d The town AMI threatened ihe
lives OF The population, ana the story is that
piper came out one gay and pltyed very
sweet tune, ana ali The vermin fhioa ed hi .,
followed HIM 10 the banks of the Weser, aud
| thea he blew a blast and they dropped in and
disappeared forever. OF course this is n f. lie
but wish L could, on The sweet flute of the
gospel. draw forth all the nibbling and bur-
lowing noyances of your life. and play th EN-
down into the depths forever, How many
| touches did the artist give to his picture of
| "Cotopaxi." or his "Heart of the Andes?"
suppose about fifty thousand touches. 1 hear
the the, canvas s,, saying; Why do sou keep me
| you put it on in one dash?' No" says the
| artist, know how to max e a painting; 1t will
| take fifty Thousand of these touches" and
want you. my friends, to undersia and that it is
| these ten Thousand anuoyances which under
God, are making up The picture OF your life, 10
| be hung at last in the "a leries of heaven. fl
| for angels to look al. God Knows how to make
| u picture
guInto sculptor's studi and see him shap.
| Ing a statue. He has a chisel in one hand and
II maiiet in the OF, her. and he gives a very
gentle stroke click, click, click. l say, "Why
GOn'L you strike hardei?' ''Oh," he replies
That would shatter the statue: can't do IT,
that way; must do 1t this way" SO he works
II. and after awhile The features come out, and
every body that enters the studio IL Oh .rned
and fascinated Web, God has our soul under
| process of development, amt it rs the little
| anno, ances a. vexatio sof fe hat are chi sell
Tug out Your immoral nature. IL Is cuck
click, click. l wonder why some grea' prOvi.
tlence GO+s moi C 'int and with one stroke pre-
pare you lOr heaven. All, no, GO0 say TIA tB
not the way. And SO he Keeps ON by ktros en-
OF little vexatiOus, until at iast you shall he
II glad sp. C acle for an els and tor nPn. You
now that a large fortune may be spent in small
change and a vast All gu mt of moral character
may go away IN small dpletion. It. il the
little troubles of life that are having mo, =
effect upon you than great O.e A swarm of
locusts will XIII grain field sooner than the
incu, sion of three or four tile. You say
''Since lest my child. since st my prope'
ty, have been a different man" But you do
not recognise the architecture of little annoy
ances, that are hewing. dig siug cutting. shap
ing, splitting aud interjoining your mortal
qualities Rafs may sink ship. One lnrifer
match Blay SEM destruction through block
OF store-hOuses. Catherine d. Medic got h er
death from smelling poisonous rose. Colum-
bus. by Stopping and asking for piece OF bread
aud drink OF "atarat n Franciscan convent
was led to the discovery of a new world And
there is an in intimate connection between trifles
and i'm nenSities, between uothings aud every.
things.
Now. be careful to let none of those annoy
ancts 90 through yourspui un 4rraigued. Com
pei them to administer your spiritual
wealth. The 8 ratcn of a sixpenny neil some
times produces lock jaw ami the clip of a must
IL tnftesima ANNOYANCE may damage you for
ever Do not let any aut oyance or perpleXitg
come across your soul without its making you
better.
Our uatio al Government does not think IT.
belttiiug to put tax on pins and tax on
buck les and a tax on shoes. The Individual
taxes do not amount to much but in the aggre
gate to miiiioDs and millions of dollars And
l would have you. Oh. CHI istian man. put a
high tar IT on every annoyance and vexation
that &c m. through your soul This mtg hit not
amount TO much. in single cases, but in the
aggregate it. would be a great re enue of spirit
uai rength aud satisfaciiun. A be- can suck
hnnev even out OF n n-tte; aud If gu have the
eracs OF G III In your heart YOU can get sweet
ness out of that which wouIn otherw Sc irritaie
aud annoy. returned mi>sioner told me
that a company OF adventurers rowing up the
Gauges we're siung o death by flies that ipfeSt
that region at ce tain seasons. I have seen the
earth Survived with carcasses at men slain by
4 ar. m mn hO oT1IC yro fn rCf
pared tor the great troubles of life is to
Quer these small troubles "a hat would you
say OF a solnier no refused to load his gun nr
To gt. into the coulter because It was only n
skIrmish, saying. Il am no, g,ing to expe, d
my ammunt'iO" on skIrtnish, wait until
Their cnn,-s general ensagement n nd the
you will see how courageous am and what
b ,Itling will dol" The General would say to
such Il man. IF YOU are moi faithful I'm a Skin
mish you wOuid he no,hing in general en-
gsgement." And have Ia tell you. Oh. Chris
linn men, II you caunnt apply the principles Of
Chris''s ieiigi"n on small scale yen VIII
never be bic to arp'y them large SCALE
If had my way with YOU would have you
possess ALI possible worldly prosperity.
would have you esch a gar,fan-a river
fowl through 1T. geraniums and shrubs on
the sides, and the grass an flowers as auti
ful as thou h TIE raj bow had fallen. would
have YOU ~ house. a splendid MAJ sion and the
bed should be covered with upholstery dipped
in The setting sun would have ev ry hall in
your house set with statues and s atuettes. and
then [ would have the four quarters of the
gioba pour in all their luxu' les Your ia hie
and on should have forks of silver and knives
of gold, inlaid with damonos and amethys's
Then you should each one Of you have the
finest horses, and vOur pick of the eQuipayes of
the world. Then I.would have you i've a hun
DIRE and fit years aud you sh ,u,d not havs
L pain or ache unIii the last breath. Not each
one of use" you say. Yes; each one of YOU. MOT
to your enemiese" Yes, the only d ference !
would make with them would be that would
put a little extra gilt on their walls. and a
little extra embr ,ldery or their slippers. But
you saw why does no. G I'd give US all these
things?" All! l beihink myself H. Is wiser
1t would MAKE fools and sluggards of us If we
h ad our way. M man puts his hest picture in
the portico or vestihule Of his house. God
meat this world to he only the vestibuie Of
heaven that great gallery ofthe universe to-
ward which aspiring. We must not
have 1t too GOOD In this world. would
want no heaven.
Poiyc4rp r0mdenr ed 10 be burnt TO
q. ath The stake WINS planted He was fasten-
the fires kiadied. but history tells Us that "
flames b-nt oui ward ike the canvas of ship
IA a stout breeZ so that the Il tmes. instead %
destroying Pnlyc.rp were only n wall bet weeu
hi in and his enemies. They had actually t.
destroy him with the pnnia,d. the flames
would not touch him. Well. nv hear+r. ~ani
you To u Understand That ny G IDS grace the
are only going TO he wall nj defrncn ana
canopy If blessing. I'd Is going to fulfill It.,
YOU The b iessiag ami the pro Mise az He did to
POlycarp. "Wheu thou walkesf through the
ir- thou shalt not he blrned Now you do
not IL n ierS,and; you shall know heresfter 1"
heaven you will bless God even for the hornet.
Have you seen the beautiful Stitched-back
KID GLOVES, at SHIRK Ely & TAYLOR'S.